Curbing the spread of nuclear weaponsWith the 2005 Review Conference of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty in the background, this book provides a fully detailed but accessible and accurate introduction to the technical aspects of nuclear energy and nuclear weapons for the specialist and non-specialist alike. It considers nuclear weapons from varying perspectives, including the technology perspective, which views them as spillovers from nuclear energy programmes; and the theoretical perspective, which looks at the collision between national and international security – the security dilemma – involved in nuclear proliferation. It aims to demonstrate that international security is unlikely to benefit from encouraging the spread of nuclear weapons except in situations where the security complex is already largely nuclearised. |
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... already enriched, say, to 50 per cent uranium-235, is almost as useful for bomb purposes as any plutonium produced, provided some means of further enriching the uranium is at hand. However, any diversion of enriched uranium from a ...
Ian Bellany. to divert fuel already within it and this would be most unlikely to escape the notice of inspectors. Nor would they be likely to overlook a comparable diversion from refuelling stocks. But in either case the time between the ...
... already openly present, some of whose output of spent fuel can be diverted without attracting attention. As we have seen, among the proven methods of enrichment, concealment is easier with centrifuge technology than with gas diffusion ...
... already seen, that they were working towards the acquisition of nuclear weapons based on a domestic programme of manufacture, usually supplemented by imports of materials, equipment or know-how. These programmes have sometimes taken the ...
... already seen, Iran's first steps in nuclear energy involved the purchase of a PWR. This actually comprised two units of 1,300 MW(e) each, which came from Germany and which were to be built at Bushehr, on the Gulf coast. Construction ...
Contents
The International Atomic Energy Agency and safeguards | |
Understanding nuclearfree zones | |
United States policy on nonproliferation and the Nuclear Non | |
Bargaining for test ban treaties | |
A The Baruch Plan | |
B Atoms for Peace | |
Treaty of Tlatelolco documentation and texts | |
E Joint Declaration on the Denuclearization of the Korean | |